About

Becky’s orchestral and chamber music has been performed across the United States by renowned ensembles and performers such as the Akropolis Reed Quintet, Kalliope Reed Quintet, Pedro Lopes Baptista, Decoda, subtle cheetah, and the Denison Symphony Orchestra. They have works published under Akropolis Works and Trevco Music Publishing, as well as being self-published under Turro Music (ASCAP). Becky Turro was the winner of the 2022 ICEBERG Institute call for scores and the Louis Smadbeck Composition Award in 2020. They were also awarded the 2020 Kenosha Community Foundation commission.

Recently, Turro has started a new ambient project called Beck Rose. Performing throughout Tucson, Arizona, Becky combines classical piano and clarinet with electronics. Beck Rose was recently awarded a grant from Church of Noise for their first recorded album: Beck Rose ft. Plant Candy - The Screening Room Set.

Beck received their undergraduate degree at Rutgers University (BM, Composition; Music Technology minor) and their masters at Ithaca College (MM, Composition). While at Ithaca College, they instructed theory and composition courses, as well as held private lesson students. Their teachers have included: Robert Aldridge, Jorge Grossmann, Evis Sammoutis, Brian Landrus, and Vadim Neselovsky. Currently, Beck is located in Tucson, Arizona where they are teaching piano, theory and composition at Allegro Music, as well as playing marimba and clarinet for the experimental chamber ensemble: Compersion.